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| Birth of Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| 30th Nov Birth of Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace, family estate near Woods tock, Oxfordshire |
| Birth of Maughan, William Somerset Maughan, William Somerset | |
| 25th Jan Birth of William Somers et Maughan |
| Birth of Shackleton, Ernest Henry Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| 15th Feb Kilkea Birth of Ernest Henry Shackleton, County Clare, Ireland |
| Capture of Fiji Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 25th Oct Britain captures the Fiji Islands |
| Chancellor Northcote, Stafford | |
| 18th Feb Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Election Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Hertford Elected Member of Parliament for Hertford |
| Election Churchill, Randolph | |
| Woodstock Elected Member of Parliament for Woods tock |
| Election Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 17th Feb The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberal's 302 seats |
| 17th Feb The Conservatives win a majority of 83, its 1st majority since 1841 |
| Election Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 2nd Feb Election riots in Dudlet, Hanley & Wolverhampton |
| 2nd Feb Gladstone promises to abolish income tax! |
| 17th Feb The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberal's 302 seats |
| 17th Feb The Conservatives win a majority of 83 |
| Election Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry | |
| Woodstock Elected Member of Parliament for Woods tock |
| Government Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 18th Feb Disraeli forms a new ministry |
| Marriage of Alfred Alfred | |
| London Marries Marie Alexandrovna |
| Marriage of Churchill, Randolph Churchill, Randolph | |
| Randolph Churchill marries Jennie Jerome |
| Marriage of Jerome, Jennie Jerome, Jennie | |
| Randolph Churchill marries Jennie Jerome |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| 18th Feb Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| Minister of Home Cross, Richard | |
| 15th Feb Appointed Home Secretary |
| Party Leader Cavendish, Spencer | |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Prime Minister Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 20th Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| Prime Minister Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| Publication of Hardy Hardy, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "Far From the Madding Crowd" |
| Rule of Fiji Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Britain captures the Fiji Islands |
| Secretary India Gascoyne Cecil Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London Appointed Secretary for India, 2nd term, under Disraeli |
| Secretary War & Colonies Hardy | |
| London Appointed Secretary for War |
| Strike Agriculture Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 10th Aug End of the agricultural strike in eastern England |
| 15th Aug Agricultural strike in eastern England |
